Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols.

Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols

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Stearic acid For the purposes of this subheading, stearic acid means mixtures of fatty acids which are solid at normal temperature and have a pure stearic acid content of 30 % or more but less than 90 %, calculated on the weight of the dry product. Products of this type having a stearic acid content of 90 % by weight or more fall in subheading 2915 70 50 .

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Oleic acid For the purposes of this subheading, oleic acid means mixtures of fatty acids which are liquid at normal temperature and have a pure oleic acid content of 70 % or more but less than 85 %, calculated on the weight of the dry product. Products having an oleic acid content of 85 % or more by weight fall in subheading 2916 15 00 .

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Tall oil fatty acids See the HS Explanatory Note to heading 3823 , part (A), second paragraph, (3). Products of this type containing by weight less than 90 % of fatty acids fall in heading 3803 00 .

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Industrial fatty alcohols See the HS Explanatory Note to heading 3823 , part (B). This subheading covers only industrial fatty alcohols (mixtures of acyclic alcohols) in which none of the alcohol components comprises 90 % or more by weight of the dry product. Products of this type in which one of the fatty alcohol components comprises 90 % by weight or more generally fall in heading 2905 .

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